English Pancake Recipe

Ingredients

For the pancake mixture:

220 g/8oz plain flour, sifted
pinch of salt
2 eggs
1 pint of milk
50 g/2oz butter

Method for making the batter

Sift the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl with a sieve held high above the bowl so the flour gets airing. Make a well in the centre of the flour and break the eggs into it. Whisk the eggs making sure any bits of flour from around the edge of the bowl are mixed in with the egg. Gradually add small quantities of the milk, still whisking. Continue whisking until the batter is smooth, with the consistency of thin cream. Melt the 50g/2oz of butter in a non-stick frying pan. Spoon 2 tbsp of the melted butter into the batter and whisk it in. Let the pancake mix stand for at least 30 minutes before cooking. Pour any left over butter into a dish. This will be used later to grease the frying pan after each pancake has been made. Make sure the non-stick frying pan is really hot before adding about 2 tbsp of the batter mixture. As soon as the batter hits the hot pan, tip the pan around from side to side to get the base evenly coated with batter. Carefully lift the edge of the cooked pancake with a palette knife to see if it's tinged gold as it should be. Flip the pancake over with a pan slice or palette knife to cook the other side. Slide it out of the pan onto a plate. Stack the pancakes as you make them between sheets of greaseproof paper on a plate.

To serve

Sprinkle each pancake caster sugar and freshly squeezed lemon juice. Roll them up.

Serve sprinkled with a little more sugar and lemon juice and extra sections of lemon.

III. Translate the words in the brackets into English:

1. People usually (не подписывают) these cards and a lot of time is spent trying to guess who has sent them.

2. Pancakes are made of (муки, молока и яиц) and fried in a hot pan.

3. At Easter time, the British celebrate the idea of new birth by giving each other (шоколадные пасхальные яйца) which are opened and eaten on Easter Sunday.

4. As summer comes, Britain likes (праздновать) the end of the winter.

5. At parties people dress up in (странные) costumes and (притворяются/делают вид) they are witches.

6. Family members (заворачивают) their gifts and leave them at the bottom of the Christmas tree to be found (в Рождественское утро).

7. December 26 is also a public holiday, Boxing Day, and this is the time to visit friends and relatives or to be a (зрителем) at one of the many sporting (событиях).

 

IV. Find the corresponding translation of the words and word combinations:

а)

1. family 2. party 3. to fry 4. to spill 5. to dress up

A.жарить B. просыпать C. одевать D.семья E. вечеринка

b)

A. послание B. пуддинг C. доставлять D. низ, дно E. горячий F. влюбляться G. принимать душ H. рождение

1. pudding 2. to take a shower 3. bottom 4. to fall in love 5. birth 6. hot 7. message 8. to deliver

 

V. Answer the following questions:

 

1. What is an annual gift from Norway?

2. What do families usually give each other on Easter Sunday?

3. When do the British open their Christmas presents?

4. What do you know about Pancake Day?

5. What do the British usually do on Easter Monday?

6. What do the children do on May 1?

7. How is a traditional spring dance called?

8. Where do people cut horrible faces on Halloween?

9. What celebration and festivities does the Christmas combine?

10. What is the main tradition of the Christmas?

 

VI. Translate the sentences into English:

1. Хэллоуин связан с призраками и ведьмами.

2. В канун Нового Года люди традиционно купаются в фонтанах на Трафальгарской площади.

3. В некоторых городах проводятся также забеги с блинами.

4. Рождество является самым важным праздником года для большинства британских семей.

5. В воскресенье перед Рождеством во многих церквях проводится пасхальное песнопение.

VII. Find out the sentences which correspond to the text. Correct the wrong sentences in accordance with the text:

1. Although not many people actually give up eating during this period, on Pancake Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, they eat lots of meat.

2. People run through the streets holding a frying pan and throwing the pancake in the air.

3. On Good Friday businessmen sell hot cross buns, which are toasted and eaten with chocolate.

4. In England on May 1, Morris men may be seen in country areas celebrating traditional dances, waving their white handkerchiefs to drive away the evil spirits and welcome in the new ones.

5. In recent years children dressed in white T-shorts knock on doors at Halloween and ask you if you would like a 'trick' or 'treat'.